The motion - entitled 'Time for Inclusive Education This School Term’ - has been submitted by the Education spokesperson for the Scottish Green Party and the country's youngest parliamentarian, Ross Greer MSP, and urges all MSPs to support the TIE campaign's efforts to create an education system which is a 'safe and inclusive' environment for LGBTI youth.

Green MSP for the West of Scotland, Ross Greer

Speaking today, Ross Greer stated: "Most of Scotland's young people return to school this week, to a place where every one of them should feel safe, respected and valued.

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"For many LGBTI+ young people this is not the case and a curriculum which recognises and values them as well as appropriate training and support for teachers is an essential step towards eliminating homophobic, bi-phobic and transphobic bullying in our schools.

“The TIE campaign has done incredible work in pushing this to the top of the education agenda in Scotland and I hope that my colleagues across every party will recognise this and support the motion.”

During this year's Scottish election, all parties included proposals to tackle homophobia in schools in their manifestos; with the SNP, Scottish Labour and the Scottish Greens specifically committing to work with TIE on their proposals for teacher training and curriculum inclusion.

A TIE spokesperson said: "We are thankful for the submission of this motion, and for the cross-party support which our campaign has received. Ross is correct when he highlights that while all young people should feel safe and supported during their time in education - this is not the case. Instead, many LGBTI learners are returning to school this week to endure more bullying, abuse and exclusion. We would urge all MSPs to support this motion, to send a very clear message that this is unacceptable.

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“We are calling for a fresh approach to tackling homophobia, bi-phobia and transphobia in our schools. The historical method of allocating more funding to specialist organisations and issuing guidance which is never followed up on is simply not working.

"We must ensure that all teachers and professionals working with young people are trained specifically on how to tackle prejudiced based bullying against LGBTI youth and that all school curricula and pastoral care resources are inclusive of LGBTI identities.

"We look forward to working on this with both the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government in the coming weeks, as we have to get this right."

The move comes just days before the Glasgow Pride Parade this weekend, where thousands are set to march in support of TIE’s calls for inclusive education after an official link-up between Pride organisers and TIE campaigners.

The campaign has received support from various Scottish party leaders, including Nicola Sturgeon, Kezia Dugdale, Patrick Harvie and Willie Rennie.